Im proud to be gay, and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. With those clear bold words apples ceo tim cooke became the first and openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Along with others, hrc praised cooke for coming out in an essay published today. In the essay, cooke says being gay as been tough and uncomfortable at times, but also says it has quote, given me the confidence to rise above adversary and bigotry. It also gives me the skin of a rhinoceros, end quote. Cookes decision to come out is a very public move by a very private man. Patricia sabga has that story. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when tim cooke took over apple three years ago, many wondered whether the company could survive without its visionary founder steve jobs. Cooke was relatively unknown outside of apple. He cut his teeth at ibm before joining a struggling apple in 1998. He streamlined the way apple products are assembled, and struck longterm component deals to boost profits while
And russia offers the u. S. Help after a commercial supply rocket explodes on the way to the International Space station. Kurdish forces battling to hold off isil in kobani are getting reinforcements. A convoy has now made its way through turkey and is on its way to the syrian town. 150 peshmerga are expected to join the fight just over the border from turkey, and another Smaller Group of Syrian Opposition fighters have arrived as well. Bernard smith reports. Reporter for turks its an unprecedented sight, armed kurdish fighter being escorted through turkey. The turkish government is allowing around 150 fighters to transit its territory after pressure from the u. S. To do more to stop kobani falling to isil. Turkey has been in conflict with kurdish separatists for more than 30 years. It says the syrian kurds are no different. But turkey doesnt see iraqi kurds as a threat, so its letting them through. [ applause ] reporter as the convoy made its way, the u. S. Lead coalition launched mor
Insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or private dinars, partly because it
They are part of the yazidi religion, one of the groups targeted by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant, also known as isil. No one knows exactly how many yazidis were killed because isilheld territory is off limits to journalists and human rights workers. But tens of thousands had to flee their homes after isil fighters captured their towns and villages in june. Isil now controls as much as onethird of iraqs territory, including the secondlargest city, mosul. Though its power and influence expanded in syria, its here where isil was born. During the nearly nineyear long u. S. Occupation. Fault lines travelled 600 miles across iraq to look at the consequences of the fight against isil and how u. S. Allies are also helping to divide iraq more than ever. When isil advanced this summer, people across the countrys northern provinces fled, some of them to neighboring syria. Were on a floating bridge between syria and iraq, and this is the bridge refugees are flooding through every day i
The drought takes hold with devastating results but now science fights back. It will map the water in earths soil has the potential to be revolutionary. Satellites tracking water from above. Innovation shows water. Ok, ill take your word for it. A biologist specializing in evolution. Techno investigates the new dust bowl. Tonight, beyond science, innovative goggles and the story shell never forget. Looks like theres another one. Hold on. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Welcome to techno. We have recently done this drive from l. A. To san francisco. Its beautiful, but in the Central Valley, you see the farms and signs. They basically say no water, no jobs. California is in a really intense prolonged drought. This is a worldwide thing, all over the globe, there are more extreme weather events. Places are getting warmer, places are getting drier. Its a pretty big deal. We went to central voluntarily to see just how bad it is, what technology can do to maybe help fix it. Lets tak